Laila Morse

Laila Morse
Morse in 2009 at Wendy Richard's funeral service
Born	Maureen Oldman 1 August 1945 (1945-08-01) (age 66) Dorking, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Gerald Bromfield (m. 1962–1970, divorced)

Laila Morse (born Maureen Oldman on 1 August 1945 in Dorking, Surrey) is an English actress, best known for playing Mo Harris in BBC series EastEnders and Janet in the 1997 movie Nil by Mouth (which was written and directed by her younger brother, Hollywood actor Gary Oldman).

"Laila Morse" is an anagram of an Italian phrase for "my sister" (Mia Sorella) - a name she got from Oldman's then girlfriend Isabella Rossellini.

She was married to Gerald Bromfield from 1962 to 1970 and they had two children, Gerry and Tracy Bromfield.^{[citation needed]}

She is a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with the illness in May 2001 and recovered within a year. She lives in New Cross, South East London.

During 2008, two men called Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer attempted to burgle her home, just hours before they murdered two French students at a nearby address.^[1]

On 19 February 2010 Morse appeared on The Weakest Link in a special EastEnders edition, alongside her co-stars and former co-stars, Adam Woodyatt, Laurie Brett, Larry Lamb, Todd Carty, Ricky Groves, John Partridge, Charlie G. Hawkins and John Altman. She lost in the final round to Laurie Brett.

Television

Year	Title	Role
1995	Honky Sausages	Honky Mum
1997	The Bill	Janice Ryan
1999	Great Expectations	Molly
2000–present	EastEnders	Maureen "Mo" Harris
2008	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Herself
2009	Hell's Kitchen	Herself
2009	Come Dine With Me	Herself
2010	EastEnders: E20	Mo Harris
2010	The Weakest Link	Herself

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1997	Nil By Mouth	Janet
1998	One In Something
2000	Love, Honour and Obey	Lin
2011	Big Fat Gypsy Gangster	Aunt Queenie

External links

• Laila Morse at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/may2009/9/9/laila-morse-pic-getty-170858212.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/13/french-student-murders-accused-tried-to-break-into-eastenders-mo-s-home-115875-21355703/&usg=__3A4RrpYaXQwgomHuAe2UwsyUimE=&h=346&w=450&sz=32&hl=en&start=11&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Kfc1ax-YVklUTM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDano%2BSonnex%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1R2GGIE_en-GB%26tbs%3Disch:1

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Name	Morse, Laila
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Date of birth	1 August 1945
Place of birth	Dorking, Surrey, England
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